Despite the lack of a universally accepted definition, the concept of self-care has been long recognized in the health care literature (e.g., nursing, behavioral medicine), and research findings have established a foundation to support the importance of self-care in optimizing health and well-being in patients. In recent decades, more attention has been paid to self-care in health service professionals (Wise, Hersh, & Gibson, 2012), and emerging evidence has supported the benefits of self-care in facilitating psychology graduate trainees' professional gains and well-being (Colman et al., 2016). To facilitate more empirical research in this area, the current systematic review was conducted to summarize the current availability of self-care measures among health care professionals and trainees (e.g., psychologists, social workers, and nurses) and assess their psychometric properties and clinical utilities. An electronic search was performed for self-care measures in 3 databases (i.e., PsycINFO, CINAHL, and PudMed). Eight articles published from 2013 to 2019 met the inclusion criteria, and 10 measures assessing self-care among mental health care professionals were identified. The key features of these measures are summarized. Although all the scales have some psychometric support, only a few had adequate support that was demonstrated through high-quality empirical studies. Recommendations are provided for future use of the self-care measures, especially for psychologists, psychology trainees, and social or child welfare workers. Research gaps and future directions of self-care measurement studies to promote self-care practice among mental/health care professionals and trainees are also discussed. Public Significance StatementThis review summarizes the self-care measures that can be used to assess self-care practices in health care professionals and trainees. The findings offer the guidelines for selection of self-care measures in research and/or training and practice, especially in mental health care fields, such as psychology and social work.

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